M.S. in Information Systems

Eastern Michigan University

A four-year baccalaureate degree from a regionally accredited U.S. institution or an equivalent degree from a non-U.S. institution. In addition, a minimum cumulative undergraduate grade point average of 2.7 on a 4.0 scale, or 3.0 in the last half of the undergraduate program, is required for full admission. Applicants who do not meet minimum admission requirements may be considered for conditional admission.

Applicants must also meet the following program requirements:

A score of 450 or greater in the Graduate Management Admissions Test (GMAT), with at least 20 in the verbal section and 24 in the quantitative, OR an overall score of 297 or greater in the Graduate Record Exam (GRE), including scores of at least 143 in verbal reasoning and 140 in quantitative reasoning. The GMAT/GRE requirement will be waived for students who meet any one of the following four criteria:

Have earned an AACSB-accredited Bachelor of Business Administration degree (minimum 60 credits), with a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher and an average GPA of 3.0 in statistics, accounting, and finance courses.
Have earned any other bachelors degree from a regionally or nationally accredited university with a cumulative GPA of 3.2 or higher.
Have at least five years of managerial experience as determined by the CIS curriculum committee (e.g., experience with the responsibility of managing both people and budget).
Have a masters or terminal degree from universities with an AACSB accredited college/business school (degrees from any other institutions need to be approved by the CIS curriculum committee).